Unfamiliar
What is this 'change'
That's taking place
Between us
Scraping at the meaning
Of who we are together
Stretching the silence
To last longer than ever
Pulling apart
What used to be one
While everything becomes so unfamiliar
From the way it once was
What is this 'space'
That's emerged
And lodged itself
Between us
Absorbing the sunlight
Until there is only frost
Building a bridge
Too unstable to cross
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Exit
Your eyes twinkled
Although the pain was still showing
Your smile was bright
Your love overflowing
I could feel it
Deep within my heart
My eyes were glistening
My lips were quivering
On the inside I felt
Twisted and torn
As your life's light
Slowly flickered
To just a dim,
Barely visible glow
Casting shadows
Across your face
Suddenly you were far away
Reachng out to me
From a far away place
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Love Reincarnated
I get this funny feeling
Every now and then
That I knew you
And you knew me
Before now
I don't know how
I'm not sure when
Perhaps in a past life
We were in love
Or maybe we were best friends
Either way, it seems our souls
Have reunited once again
Deja Vu comes over me
So often and so vividly
I can only stop and marvel
At the sudden familiarity
Wondering of its origin
Was it a dream?
Was it a memory?
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Alone
When you are truly alone
No one answers your questions
No one holds you until
The trembling stops
I am aching yet numb
Feeling inferior while I falsify life
While beneath the exterior
I sweep up the crumbs
Of the leftover dreams
That turned into dust
And all of the shine
That turned into rust
If they noticed the dullness in my eyes
Or picked up on the flatness in my voice
They would never think it was as simple
As making the choice
To be who I am
And what I've become
Depression absorbed me
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My Poetry
Through poetry,
I am set free
Better able to reveal
The secret part of me
That hides beyond the shadows
In my eyes
Every poem that I write,
Tells my life in different parts
I bare my soul, although vulnerable,
I share with you
What's in my heart
Exploring the corners of my mind
I mold into words,
The feelings I find
Each thought expressed
Is uniquely told
Wrapping itself around
The meaning it holds
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Prelude To Death
When you speak
Your voice carries and finds it's way
To me
No matter what room you
Happen to be in
I listen to it,
More intently than I ever
Have before
When you laugh
The sound lingers in the air
Around me
Like a wind chime
In the breeze
And surrounds me
Like a warm summer day
When I hug you
I squeeze a little tighter
Hold on a little longer
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The Edge
Eye to eye
Cheek to cheek
We think we find
What we seek
Love intertwined
Am I yours?
Are you mine?
We create
Chaos sublime
Racing thoughts
A paranoid heart
Ripped apart
At the seams
Do I understand you?
Do you understand me?
One of us get's trampled
While the other reign's supreme
Why don't we say
What we really mean?
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Addiction
In the beginning
You make me feel so good
Like nothing or no one
Could ever bring me down
I laugh and I'm so carefree
When everyone's around
Then you slowly
Pull me into sadness
Where I dwell
On the facts of my life
And I cry the tears
All over again
Then you drag me away
To a foreboding place
Where I'm all alone
I become frozen inside
And I feel like stone
Until you decide
To drive me crazy
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The Undoing
I am spinning
Around and around
Non stop inside my life
Can't tell if I am
Coming or going
Don't know what to make
Of this constant noise
Where nonsense has become reality
Where dreams are irreversably
Damaged by the vulgarity
Rolling off of someone's tongue
In the quiet of night
I grow restless
As my mind races
Too many thoughts
Screaming at once
Stealing first, my sleep
Then snatching at my sanity
I pray that I don't
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Ashes
My heart is filled
With the ashes
Of our love burned away
I've emptied out my soul
Until there is nothing
Left to say
Glued the pieces back together
Every time I fell apart
You lit a fire
Inside of me
Then left only ashes
In my heart
I have searched your face
For even the slightest trace
Of the love I used to see
Reflecting back at me
But what is gone
Cannot be found
And every time
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